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  1. Little Tribal Village in Bhubaneswar

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    / January 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Adivasi Mela, the ethnically vibrant annual cultural festival of tribals is one of its kind in the country, being held since January 1951. The Adivasi exhibition is one of the earliest steps taken to bring into the mainstream through interaction with the non-tribals. The annual event began in 1951 in Cuttack, the old Capital...

  2. The Arrival of the Dragon

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    / January 23, 2012 / 2 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout This year the Chinese have more reason to celebrate their New Year. The Chinese community uses the lunar calendar unlike other communities for observing their New Year. The Chinese calendar consists of both Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar system, they observes their New Year sometime between late...

  3. Reclaiming heritage

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    / January 9, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This is the story about the revival of Lingaraj Haat in Bhubaneswar. The city is no different from any other heritage city in India, with monuments amidst squalor and unplanned development. What helped in Bhubaneswar’s case was that administration at the national, provincial and local levels realized the effects of negligence in management...

  4. Where Kansa is king

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    / December 31, 2011 / Leave a comment
    One would have heard about a week-long theater festival but this goes on for eleven days.  Every year around this time in December-January, the small town of Bargarh in Odisha indulges itself in hosting the world’s biggest open air theater, an epic play `Dhanu Yatra’ or locally called `Dhanu Jatra’. The annual festival enacts episodes of the Mahabharata including...

  5. A Century for Delhi

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    / December 12, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout One hundred years ago, on December 12, King George V at the Delhi Durbar proclaimed Delhi as the new Capital of Imperial India. Since then Delhi has grown manifold, from being a historical city ruled by various dynasties — from Mauryas to Mughals — to a...
    Posted in Delhi
    Tagged century, hundred

  6. Is your city colour green?

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    / November 20, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout Everyone talks about green coverage but most people do not voluntarily give up a portion of their land for plantation, choosing to give it instead to some developer to indulge in construction activity. Similarly our city councils do the same while constructing wider roads and flyovers...

  7. Odisha during Karthika

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    / November 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    In Hindu religion, the month of ‘Kartika’ is considered to be the most sacred. During this month, most Hindus in Odisha refrain from eating fish, meat or egg. Some don’t eat even onion and ginger. The next fortnight of the month is spent propitiating their ancestors. Every evening, a covered...

  8. Offtrack, with Sebastian Vettel

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    / November 6, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   Since I admire racing cars, I keep track of the Formula 1 championship around the globe. The F1 in Noida got over a week back but I was lucky to have a rendezvous of a different kind, off track. With world champion Sebastian Vettel who...
    Posted in Sports
    Tagged f1, motor racing, noida

  10. Silver city’s golden wonders

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    / October 2, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   This is that time of the year when everyone around the country gets into a festive mood, celebrating Navratri with Garba, Dandiya and Durga Puja. Amongst these, Durga Puja is a very popular festival for those from east India.   However, very few really know...

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